AHB Ancient Creatures – Mosasaurus Skull – Mosasaurus hoffmannii

AHB Ancient Creatures – Mosasaurus Skull – Mosasaurus hoffmannii | Collector’s Bonus Figure

A fossil-style Mosasaurus skull — the Collector’s Bonus Figure made for the fifth Ancient Creatures release — jaws parted on a gray rock like a find fresh from the quarry.

Approx. Size: Size to be confirmed
Material: Hand-painted resin
Collector’s Bonus Figure — display only, not sold separately.

Ancient Creatures

Mosasaurus Skull

Mosasaurus hoffmannii

A fossil-style Mosasaurus skull — the Collector’s Bonus Figure made for the fifth Ancient Creatures release — jaws parted on a gray rock like a find fresh from the quarry.

COLLECTOR’S BONUS FIGURE · made for the fifth Ancient Creatures release

LivedLate Cretaceous, ~82–66 million years ago

Where FoundFirst skulls: Maastricht, Netherlands

LengthLiving animal est. ~40–56 ft (12–17 m)

SignatureRows of cone-shaped teeth

DietFish, sharks, cephalopods & sea turtles

Fun FactSkulls like this were once argued to be whales

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Hand-Painted Detail

Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.

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Collector’s Bonus Figure

A bonus piece made for this release — shown here for the record and never sold separately.

Some stories start with a skull, and Mosasaurus is one of them. This Collector’s Bonus Figure recreates a mosasaur skull in fossil tones of amber and bone, jaws parted to show neat rows of teeth, set on a gray rock as if it had just been chipped out of the chalk.

The Skull That Started It All

In 1764 and again in 1778, quarry workers near Maastricht uncovered huge toothy skulls. The second, nicknamed the ‘great animal of Maastricht,’ was argued over as a crocodile and a whale before scientists realized it was something entirely new.

A Lizard, Not a Dinosaur

Mosasaurus belongs to the squamates — the same big group as lizards and snakes — which is why its skull looks more like a giant monitor lizard’s than a dinosaur’s.

Teeth on the Roof

Besides the teeth along its jaws, Mosasaurus carried a small set of extra teeth on the roof of its mouth, called pterygoid teeth.

Before and After

Set it beside our plump Mosasaurus figure for a two-part story: the living sea lizard, and the fossil that told us it existed.

“Every fossil was once a smile.”

Craft & Specifications

Line	Ancient Creatures, by Animal Heavenly Body
Approx. Size	Size to be confirmed
Material	Hand-painted resin
Display	Collector’s Bonus Figure — display only, not sold separately
SKU	AHB-ANC-07